Wednesday, January 28, 2015

WINTER HAS BEEN VERY BUSY WITH LIFE AND THE FLU GOT HOLD OF ME AND IT WASN'T FUN. BUT I AM FINALLY FEELING BETTER. THANK GOD!

ANYWAY...

I AM GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, I WILL CALL HER MISS DELLA ROSSA, WITHOUT DIVULGING HER PRIVATE LIFE.

MISS DELLA ROSSA WAS A VOGUE MODEL, IN NEW YORK BACK IN THE DAY. SHE WAS VERY GLAMOROUS AND BEAUTIFUL. SHE COULD HAVE BECOME AS WELL KNOWN AS MARILYN MONROE.

BUT SHE DECIDED NOT TO STAY IN THE MODELING PROFESSION AS THERE WERE SOME 'QUESTIONABLE' LIFESTYLES SHE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BECOME A PART OF, SO SHE EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO BECOME A VERY SUCCESSFUL DRESS DESIGNER IN HER OWN STORE IN THE GARMENT DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES IN THE 1960'S. BELOW...A MODEL SHOWS OFF MISS DELLA ROSSA'S 'BRA DRESS' IN THE LATE 1960'S.

MISS DELLA ROSSA WAS THE PREMIERE DESIGNER OF THE 'BRA DRESS' AND WITHIN WEEKS, PARIS, FRANCE; AND LONDON, ENGLAND, WERE MAKING 'KNOCK-OFFS' OF HER DESIGN. YES THE FASHION INDUSTRY HAS NO QUALMS ABOUT 'STEALING' IDEAS AND DESIGNS FROM OTHER DESIGNERS.

MISS DELLA ROSSA HAD A MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS QUITE A LOT OF MONEY DURING THAT ERA. HER HUSBAND UP AND LEFT HER FOR A MISTRESS AND TOOK ALL OF THE MONEY FROM THE BANK ACCOUNT. MISS DELLA ROSSA WORKED HER FINGERS TO THE BONE EXISTING ON COFFEE AND MEAGER FARE WHILE SHE BUILT THE BUSINESS BACK UP AGAIN. MISS DELLA ROSSA COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT HER LIFE, AS IT WAS QUITE AMAZING. 'THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A FASHION DESIGNER' I THINK SHE COULD CALL IT!

YOU CAN SEE THAT MISS DELLA ROSSA'S 'BRA DRESS' HAS SURPASSED ITS AGELESSNESS BY APPEARING CURRENTLY IN CLOTHING STORES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. I WAS JUST IN KHOLS AND THERE IT WAS, THE 'BRA DRESS' STILL VERY MUCH IN FASHION. BUT DO YOU THINK MISS DELLA ROSSA IS GETTING ANY ROYALTIES FOR HER ORIGINAL DESIGN? NOPE! SAD TO THINK SHE COULD HAVE BEEN A BILLIONAIRE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IF ALL THINGS WERE FAIR IN DEATH AND TAXES!

HER MOST HILARIOUS PHRASE, BORROWED FROM SOMEONE ELSE, IS 'OLD AGE IS NOT FOR SISSIES!'

LOS ANGELES - ONE OF THE FASHION CAPITALS OF THE WORLD. WHILE YOU ARE AT IT, YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN VIEWING AN UP AND COMING FASHION SITE: THE DRESLYN.COM ONE OF MY OTHER DEAR FRIENDS IS WORKING FOR THIS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FASHION COMPANY AS IT WAS INITIALLY LAUNCHED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SHE IS IN ADVERTISING FOR THE COMPANY, HER NAME IS MISS LABER. (PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY ME)

MISS DELLA ROSSA LOVES TO GARDEN, SHE HAS BEAUTIFUL ROSES SHE TENDS TO AS THOUGH THEY WERE HER OWN CHILDREN. SHE ADORES CATS, AND ALWAYS HAS SOME TO KEEP HER COMPANY. SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST MELLOW KINDRED ARTISTIC LOVELY PERSON'S I HAVE EVER HAD THE WONDERFUL ENJOYMENT IN LIFE OF HAVING AS A VERY DEAR FRIEND.

HERE IS A RECENT PHOTO OF MISS DELLA ROSSA. SHE ADORES HATS AND HAS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE HAT COLLECTION. (I KNOW THE PIXELS IN THE PHOTO AREN'T THE BEST).

AS TIME WENT BY, SHE AGAIN WENT TO CHICAGO WITH ANOTHER DESIGN LINE OF HERS, IN WHICH SHE USED THE STRIPPED TICKING FABRIC TO MAKE MEN'S SHIRTS AND WOMENS SHIFT-STYLE DRESSES. SHE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT LINE OF CLOTHING TOO, AND OF COURSE EVERYWHERE ONE BEGAN SEEING THE STRIPPED TICKING FABRIC BECOMING VERY POPULAR AND IT STILL IS A MAINSTAY OF FRENCH DESIGN INCLUDING BEDDING AND PILLOWS, AND ALSO CLOTHING.

JUST SOME INTERESTING FASHION FACTS FROM A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHOM I WAS ABLE TO VISIT A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN I WENT DOWN TO SEE MISS DELLA ROSSA IN HER MARVELOUSLY DECORATED HOME WHERE HER STUDIO HAS WALLS DECORATED WITH HER VINTAGE DESIGNS TAKEN FROM FASHION MAGAZINES OF THE 1960'S.

HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE 'BRA DRESS'. MISS DELLA ROSSA USED UP-SCALE FABRICS AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WOOL WITH A WHITE CREPE TOP. VERY, VERY CHIC!

Thursday, January 8, 2015

ARE YOU EVER AT A LOSS AS TO FIND OUT WHO YOU TRULY ARE? DO YOU HAVE DEEP QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE? WHY WE ARE HERE? WHAT OUR GOALS ARE?
THIS GROUP WILL RELAX YOUR TATTERED RIBBONS, AND EASE THOSE DAILY OBLIGATIONS INTO A MORE MEANINGFUL LIFE EXPERIENCE FOR YOU WITH A DEPTH OF INNER PEACE WHICH WILL BE BLENDED WITH THOUGHTS ABOUT GOD AND WHO YOU ARE, AND THE AMAZING PLANS HE HAS FOR YOUR LIFE.

PLEASE THINK ABOUT JOINING THIS TWO MONTH COURSE, WHICH BEGINS ON JANUARY 6TH, 2015. THIS COURSE WILL BE AVAILABLE INDEFINITELY TO YOU, ONCE YOU JOIN IT.

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About Me

I am a stay at home mom. I enjoy writing fantasy. I enjoy creating art dolls. My family is the most important aspect of my life. I love Jesus. I do want to mention that the dolly profile photo that I am using is from a doll that I created from JoAnnA Pierotti's Moss Hill Studio Blog.